Plane.



G. BODMER.

PLANE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 26, 1911.

Patented May 14, 1912.

UTTE STATES ENT FFTCE.

CHRISTIAN BODMER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB, TO THE STANLEY RULE & LEVEL COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

PLANE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 26, 1911.

Patented May 14, 1912. Serial No. 640,618.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN BODMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in planes, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and efficient plane construction which may be used for the purpose of accurately truing up or squaring up the edges of boards. lVhere heretofore various more or less complex constructions, including separate attachments, have been provided in conjunction with plane bodies for accomplishing this purpose, in thepresent invention the plane body itself is of unique construction, being integral throughout, the handle portion being so arranged that the pressure applied to the plane is in such a direction relatively to the work being done that said plane naturally seeks a true position upon the board being planed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the plane complete, ready for use and practically full size. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation.

The frame is made of a single body casting and comprises two right-angle side flanges 1-2, which furnish the two rightangle bearing faces 1 a respectively. The flange 1 is continued upwardly at its front end to form an inclined and rearwardly facing thumb-rest 3. To the" rear of the thumb-rest 3 and back of the middle line of the plane is a palm-rest 4 formed by a crossweb or flange set at an angle on the upper end of flange 1 and projecting above flange 2. This palm-rest is bulged to conform to the palm of the hand, so that the position of the hand upon the plane body will be such that pressure applied will cause both bearing surfaces 1 a to press uniformly upon the surface and edge of the board being planed. Upon the outer side of the plane is supported at a proper angle a cutter 5. The side flange 1 is provided with a throat, preferably oblique, in which throat the cutting edge of the plane iron or cutter 5 stands.

6 is a cap det-achably held at the middle by the usual screw 7. 8 is a clamp screw at the rear of the cap, for causing said cap to properly engage the cutter to hold it tightly upon its support and in its properly adjusted position. The palm-rest 4 is preferably connected with the flange 2 by means of flanges or ribs 910, formed by widening the ends of the cross-web and which serve to rigidly hold the two flanges against distortion.

11 is a lug to support the cutter at its side edge to prevent it from turning during the progress of the work. The width of the cutter is such that it extends the full width of the bearing surface 1*. i

12 is a reinforcing rib, which bridges the plane body at the end of the throat in which the cutter stands, so as to stiffen the same at this otherwise weakened point, due to forming the throat. The rib 12 is preferably extended around the forward end of the plane and also rearwardly back to the bulged palm support or bearing.

What I claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a one piece metal casting forming the body of a plane and comprising a work collocating tool guiding flange and a slotted tool carrying flange extending therefrom and forming a right angle, and an integral palm rest arranged at the rear end of said casting ex tending outwardly from and obliquely to the line of junction of said flanges and formed by a cross-web or flange set at an angle on the upper edge of the tool carrying flange and which projects above the first mentioned flange.

2. As an article of manufacture, a one piece metal casting forming the body of aplane and comprising a work collocating tool guiding flange and a slotted tool carrying flange extending therefrom and forming a right angle, and an integral palm rest arranged at the rear end of said casting eX- being widened to form flanges across the tending outwardly from and obliquely to latter flange. the line of junction of said flanges and formed by a cross-Web or flange set at an CHRISTIAN BODMER' angle on the upper edge of the tool carry- Witnesses:

ing flange and which projects above the JOSEPH 1W1. HANGE,

first mentioned flange, the ends of said Web CLARENCE L. BENEDICT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G. 

